Tom Cruise really is dating Laura Prepon

Sounds reasonable, especially after Cruise chased away his last two wives with a bag of bad thetan.

That will probably get me yet another letter from someone's lawyer ...

Anyway, they were seen together back in November enjoying a cozy dinner in Los Angeles, after which reps for both actors denied there was a romance.

However, the New York Post is reporting those PR people had the (checks thesaurus) temerity -- the AUDACITY, even -- to deny the public its God-given right to know everything there is to know about a celebrity's private life.

Cruise and the "Orange is the New Black" actress are being extremely careful to keep their relationship a secret, the Post said. "It's the buzz on the set of her show," an insider said.

The British magazine Grazia reported last fall that Cruise, 51, picked up Prepon, 34, in a vintage car and had a bottle of 1979 merlot waiting on the table when they arrived at the Manor Hotel for dinner.

So? That's pretty much standard whenever I pick up one of my buddies to go bowling.

"They spent three hours laughing and joking. It's clear Tom is smitten and after the date he was on cloud nine," the magazine reported. "They had their second date at the restaurant, too, meeting for Sunday brunch, and then she accompanied him a few days later to a dinner party at John (Travolta)'s home."

Nevertheless, an "insider" (Cruise's publicist) told Us Weekly, "They see each other at some functions, but they are not dating."

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Reps for Cruise and Prepon continued to have the (checks thesaurus again) effrontery, the IMPUDENCE, to deny the romance to the Post on Wednesday.

Prepon dated "Malcolm in the Middle" actor and fellow Scientologist Chris Masterson for years before a reported breakup in 2012.